Enjoying a brief two-week respite from tournament competition, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) resumes the qualifying process for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. A stretch of eight consecutive events begins Monday with the men’s $75,000 FIVB Qatar Open in Doha at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy...
Stage set for FIVB Qatar Open 2016
The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will host the FIVB World Tour Qatar Open for the third consecutive time at Al Gharafa Beach Venue starting from April 03. Qatar will field two teams in this prestigious volleyball meeting which will bring together 54 teams from across the world. Qatar and Oman will participate in the main rounds...
Cherif and Pereira to lead Qatar’s charge
Top pair of Cherif Younousse and Jefferson Pereira will lead the host nation’s charge in the FIVB World Tour Qatar Open, to be held at the Al Gharafa courts from April 4 to 8. It is for the third straight year that the Qatar Volleyball Association is hosting the FIVB World Tour event. Cherif and Pereira...
Qatar is ready for Beach Volleyball World Tour
Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) is preparing to host the prestigious FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Qatar Open 2016 from 3-8 April, 2016 at Al-Gharaffa playgrounds. Qatar will field two teams in this prestigious volleyball meeting which will bring together 54 teams from across the world. Qatar and Oman will participate in the main rounds of...
Pereira, Younousse lose in AVC Asian Beach Volleyball quarters
Qatar’s Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse bowed out of the AVC Asian Beach Volleyball Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney as hosts dominated the quarter-finals, picking three of the semi-final berths on Sunday. As if that was not enough, the Australians later guaranteed themselves of the gold medal with top seeds and two-time Asian...
Qatar to participate in AVC Beach Volleyball Championship
The Qatari beach volleyball team will participate in the 2016 AVC Asian Beach Volleyball Championship to begin in Sydney, Australia on Friday. The event features the participation of well known teams like Qatar, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Oman and Hosts Australia. The Qatari squad includes Cherif Younousse, Jefferson Santos Pereira, Julio and Ahmad Tijan....
Qatari duo complete golden run on Kish Island
Kish Island, Iran, February 19, 2016 – Jefferson Santos and Cherif Younousse claimed their first ever FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medals when they beat Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Artem Yarzutkin in the final of the inaugural Kish Island Open on Friday. Both teams were appearing in their first World Tour gold medal matches and...
Qataris reach new best
Jefferson Perreira and Cherif Younnousse are into a World Tour semifinals for the first time after they defeated Mexico’s Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) in Kish Island Open on Thursday. The pair quickly grabbed control of the match and didn’t let go despite the Mexican duo’s best efforts. The result eclipses their...
Qatar shine in Kish Open
Qatar Beach Volleyball team confidently booked a seat in the last sixteen round of the prestigious FIVB World Tour Kish Island Open after defeating hosts 2-1 in Iran on Wednesday. Qatar’s duo, Jefferson Perreira and Cherif Younnosse sparkled to record a deserving 2-1 victory over Iranian counterparts to reach the 16th round of the event directly. The FIVB...
Qataris settling in to beach surrounds
Kish Island, Iran, February 16, 2016 – Sam Pedlow and Grant O’Gorman continued their strong run of form from the end of 2015 to start the FIVB World Tour Kish Island Open with two wins from two on the opening day of the tournament, a day that featured some spectacular action. First the Canadians defeated...